By now surely all have heard of the horrific surprise attack on Israel by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, an attack on innocent men, women, children, and even babies that resulted in more than a thousand murders. It was dreadful and terrifying. And now Israel is engaged in fighting to root out the terrorists in the Gaza strip, and it remains to be seen whether the other Palestinian terrorist group Hezbollah located north of Israel will get involved. Adding to all this are the reports that Iran was involved in the initial planning of the Hamas attack.
This all leads us to look again at the three wars prophesied in the Bible to happen involving Israel before the end of the seven-year Tribulation. In other words, these three wars must happen fairly soon!
When speaking of prophecies of the last days, Jesus says there will be wars and rumors of wars (Mt 24:6). Indeed there are wars taking place in various locations in the world now and seemingly all the time. But specific to Israel are the three prophetic wars of which I speak. I wrote about these several times in the past, including in chapter 6 of our book WAKE UP AMERICA! JESUS IS COMING SOON. Let’s look at these three:
PSALM 83
This psalm describes a war that at least until the last few days had not yet happened. In the Psalm several nations that surround Israel are involved in attacking Israel. We have to wonder if the current attack on Israel is the precursor of this war. In the Psalm 83 war prophecy, the Palestinians are one of the groups identified as attacking Israel, and they are the attackers that instigated this current war.
It is possible the full Psalm 83 war – maybe this current attack plus more – may be the event that ends with the signing of the peace agreement with Israel described in Daniel 9:27 that leads the Israelites to believe they are living in peace and that really signals the beginning of the seven-year Tribulation. If you are still here on earth then, be sure to pay attention to whomever leads the signing of such an agreement, for that will be the Antichrist as we see in Daniel 9.
Let me emphasize, we do not yet know if this current attack is a precursor to the Psalm 83 war but there surely are signs it might be. And time is running out for this Psalm 83 war to happen!
EZEKIEL 38-39
These chapters describe a dramatic attack by a coalition of powerful nations against Israel while Israel is living in unwalled villages. That description of being unwalled implies the Israelites think they were safe and have nothing to worry about. That sort of naivete is much like this current Hamas attack on Israel which was evidently totally missed by the usually crack Israeli intelligence forces.
Translating the Biblical nation titles to modern words gives the attackers: possibly Russia as leader, Turkey, Iran, Libya, and the Sudan. This attack God very obviously stops, knocking the invading airplanes out of the sky and destroying the invaders. It takes 7 months for the Israelites to bury the dead attackers. The end of this war is a clear indication to all watching of the presence and power of God. Note that Iran is in the group of attackers, and Iran already is identified by some today as being involved in planning the recent Palestinian attack. At the least we know Iran provides a large amount of funding for Hamas.
None of the nations right around Israel are identified as involved in this Ezekiel 38-39 war. This indicates that they are at peace with Israel then, likely because some are or have been greatly reduced in power in a previous war - likely the Psalm 83 war.
ARMEGGEDON – Revelation 19 and Zechariah 14
The last of the three wars is Armageddon, which occurs at the very end of the Tribulation. The nations of the world in opposition to God go to the valley of Jehosophat to fight against Israel and against God. There they are destroyed by Jesus as he leads an army consisting of his holy ones (believers and angels). Revelation notes that everyone in the army opposing Jesus is killed. The Antichrist and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire and the devil is locked into a deep pit for a thousand years. Jerusalem suffers horribly in the lead up to and the actual war effort, as you can read in the last chapter of Zechariah.
Time is short friends. Really short. Please be about your role of telling others about Jesus, the gospel, and Jesus’ return. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and to orchestrate all encounters he would have you have. Share how people can be in the Kingdom of God. Jesus can and will return at any moment now to collect his believers. Be alert and ready to go.
And do not neglect praying for the peace of Jerusalem as we are guided to do in the Bible.
October 2023
Copyright © 2023 by John Newlin
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